(One part of) A unified climate/energy agenda
How can green groups unify their message on climate/energy? What kind of agenda could they all get behind?
Electricity
Exxon’s energy outlook – Dec 13
“By 2030, energy demand will increase by about 60% compared to 2000. …The global energy mix will look very similar 25 years from now. Oil, gas and coal will be predominant. Resources are adequate to support global demand growth.”
Renewables – Dec 10
Democrats may give alt energy a new push
Discover: Living the good life without oil
Yergin: A great bubbling
Biofuels – Dec 9
Mixed prairie grasses – best source of biofuel
Biofuel skeptic extraordinaire: David Pimentel
Alternative-energy boom roils Asian environments
Solar & renewables – Dec 9
Emerging energy technologies summit in Santa Barbara (Feb)
China’s Sunshine Boys
New world record in solar technology
Fuels for the transition – Dec 9
Study: oil transition carries environmental risks
Risks of the oil transition
Nature Magazine special: Energy for a cool planet
Peak oil – Dec 3
Pentagon & peak oil – then (1957) and now
Amory Lovins on energy alternatives
Closing the ‘Collapse Gap’: prospects for the U.S. based on the Soviet experience
Renewables – Dec 3
Nepal introduces new rural energy policy
UN conference on bio-fuels
Solar power in San Francisco
Bacteria could be the source of an unlimited supply of power (?)
Solutions & sustainability – Nov 30
Travis Bradford: the revolution will be solarized
Not-so-glamorous conservation works best
Third-World laptop for $150
Stan
Goff eschews Marxism, looks to local communities
What we can do about passing the energy tipping point
Renewables – Nov 28
Wind, sun, storage, and efficiency
Scientists say energy crisis can be solved by desert sun
Spain requires new buildings use solar power
China plans world’s largest solar power plant
Green energy in the North SF Bay
Peak oil – Nov 26
How to address peak oil skeptics
Friendly fire – the dark side of techno-fixes
Investment in oil E&P – an above-ground factor
How to prepare for peak oil and climate change (permaculture)
Passive Cooling
Air conditioning and refrigeration are the most significant contributors to end-use household electricity use. Here’s some suggestions on how you can reduce your cooling costs not by a few percentage points, but by orders of magnitude.